Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Synonym: Pimelometopon Gill 1864
Parent taxon: Labridae according to M. Poortvliet et al. 2013
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Gomon 1997, Oyanadel-Urbina et al. 2021 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bellwoodilabrus, Bodianus, Cheilini, Crenilabrus, Eocoris, Hypsigenyini, Julidini, Labrichthyini, Labrinae, Labrini, Labrobolcus, Labrodon, Labrus, Malapterus, Novaculini, Nummopalatus, Paralabrus, Phyllopharyngodon, Platylaemus, Protautoga, Pseudocheilini, Pseudolabrini, Pseudosphaerodon, Pseudovomer, Scarini, Symphodus, Taurinichthys, Trigonodontinae, Wainwrightilabrus, Zorzinilabrus
Subtaxa: Semicossyphus pulcher
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Chile (1), United States (3: California)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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